Canvas - XML Website Template

Hi, Very nice template. I would like to set external links in the menu. How should this be coded?

Thanks!

50andJACK Author

Hi graphic,

There’s a submenu example, but the same code can just be exported to the main menu:

<menuTitle>LINK</menuTitle>

<!-- This page is an external link -->
<!-- The url to navigate to -->
<link>http://www.google.com</link>

<!-- The window target for the link, options are "_blank" and "_parent" -->
<target>_blank</target>

-Jack

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Thanks

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is there a way to add graphic images to the menu?

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50andJACK Author

Hi graphic,

This functionality is not currently supported.

-Jack

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in the mean time could you show me how to keep the hidden footer exposed?

50andJACK Author

Hi graphic,

Do you mean you’d like the submenu to always be shown? Currently this option is not supported.

-Jack

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I mean where the full screen/facebook/twitter icons reside.

50andJACK Author

Oh I see. That menu is only currently built to display on mouse over.

-Jack

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If you can give me the name and where the function is located, I’d like to take a crack at editing it.

50andJACK Author

Hi Graphiv,

It isn’t a single function, but the Menu code is located in the “cj > canvas > template” folder. The classes used for the menu are:

Item.as
SubItem.as
MyMenu.as
SubMenu.as
SubText.as
MenuText.as

And then the menu is instantiated in “Template.as”.

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yeah…well that is a little beyond me. I was hoping to find a onRollOver statement somewhere and somehow pin it to stay…..That is all I really need to do….Change up some of the social icons to what I need and bada bing.

But I can’t even get trace statements to show up. I found // fires when the footer is activated section on 104 of the footer.as but when I get some feed back nothing happens.

How much would it cost me to make that happen?

50andJACK Author

Hi Graphic,

Send us an email from our profile page and I can send you a quote for the work.

-Jack

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I tried adding facebook]]> to the <![CDATA[ ]] but nothing appears. Am I doing something wrong or is this not supported. Thanks

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nevermind…I found what I was doing wrong…I had the tag inside your <normal_text> tag.

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Hi Jack, I just purchased the template, love it. But the menus do not work. When I click on them, nothing happens. Please advice.

thanks.

50andJACK Author

http://activeden.net/forums/thread/local-flash-security-short-tutorial/37662

Hi Isofall,

This is likely a local Flash security thing. If you put the template online it will work, but until then, this might help:

-Jack

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My co-worker says all the images are duller in appearance that the originals. Can something be done so they are identical to the original image without manipulating the images?

50andJACK Author

Hi graphicoffee,

Chances are the originals were high resolution and you resized them resulting in a loss of quality?

-Jack

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hmmm no. they are the same pics….she says they seem duller. I guess I am just passing along information as I myself do not see any loss of resolution. I told her I would pass the information along to you and see if there is anything to her statement.

THanks for replying

50andJACK Author

Once the photo is added to the site it gets resized to fit the screen. So depending on her screen size, this is likely why the photo looks different to her. You could try finding out her monitor resolution and try to resize the image to meet that size.

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I tried following the link for embed fonts that is in the help file: http://blog.activeden.net/resources/common-questions-by-flashden-buyers/common-questions-using-special-characters-like/ but the page is there no longer. I’ve embeded the font in the swf….how do I add it to the xml is my question…thanks

50andJACK Author

Hi graphic,

Sorry about the dead link. ActiveDen must have removed all the pages to their old blog. Shame. You don’t need to do anything special to add the special characters to the html files. You can just add them like you would other characters.

-Jack

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I found some stuff on the net, but still having problems…Here’s what I have done so far: Embeded the fonts on the .fla complied to swf added the name onyx to the font family (the .ttf name of the font family is: Font Name: BerkeleyOldMdITCTT BlackItalic) in the .css file I have:

title_text{
    font-family: onyx;
    font-size: 20px;
    color:#ffffff;
}

but when I bring up the page nothing shows in the title_text area.

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50andJACK Author

Hi graphic,

Try this:

font-family: “onyx”;

or

font-family: “Onyx”;

-Jack

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Thanks for the quick reply…. Tried both of them then went back in to fla and made sure everything was ok, but still with the same outcome.

When I take the font-family coding out it works ok in CSS when I try font-family: “SansationFont”; it does not work either.

50andJACK Author

Hi graphic,

I’m sorry you’re having trouble with this. Fonts can be tricky in Flash. Send me an email with the font you wish to use, as well as instructions of where you wish to use it and I’ll make the modification fro you.

-Jack

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Thanks Jack! works great! Everyone’s happy

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Hi Jack,

I sent an email via your profile here. :-) Will you please help me sort it out?

—Ron

50andJACK Author

Hi Ron,

Just answered your email.

-Jack

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@graphicoffee

When you’re embedding a font, especially replacing the Sensation font, I found that you need to make an AS3 class document by following the example of how Sensation was referenced via the class document under the properties option.

You also have to find the right font family and embed in your CSS document. Again, look at how the Sensation font was referenced in the CSS document and follow the logic.

I had to poke around, since I knew NOTHING about coding.

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Fonts are looking great. Thanks!

I am tring to integrate another gallery ( I need something with categories) but when I access it no pics come come up. We I access the swf directly it comes up fine. The swf resides where the other swf’s are but the path to the xml file is in the same folder instead of the SWF folder like you have set up. The pathing to the images is images/images/gallery/stains/original/pic1.jpg.

I know it is difficult to troubleshoot without having the code…so anyhting you need let meknow.

Thanks, Damian

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50andJACK Author

Hi Damien,

When an external swf is loaded into another swf such as a template, it automatically inherits the parent template’s directory. And this can cause problems when using relative urls. The easiest way to handle it other than reorganizing your external swf’s files and folders is to put the template online and use absolute urls for everything in your external swf.

-Jack

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it is a poorly designed gallery. I think I will scrap it and look for something else. The only perchased it because it used categories. Do you have anything like this: http://activeden.net/item/dynamic-resizable-interactive-gallery/2067817 ?

50andJACK Author

http://activeden.net/item/lp-image-and-youtube-gallery/244073

Not really. The only gallery component I have is this:

It supports unlimited images but doesn’t have categories.

But if you’d like some advice before you buy another gallery, email me from our profile page and I’ll let you know my thoughts (I’m familiar with a lot of authors’ work here on ActiveDen).

-Jack

50andJACK Author

Hi Damien,

I answered your email but it got returned, looks like your inbox is full. Let me know when you want me to try and send it again.

-Jack

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Marketing wants to add some text to the unsed area of the gallery (above the thumbnails). I used the gallery.fla and added the data directly to the stage, but it only shows when the large picture is being shown. Is there a way to put text on the thumbnail portion of the gallery?

Thanks.

50andJACK Author

Not without a little custom work to that module.

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I’m having a problem with the autostart on the music. It plays when I go and hit the button, but does not start automatically. I have the autoPlay set to true.

50andJACK Author

Hi graphic,

Not sure about this as it’s the first time it’s been reported. Try replacing your current config.xml file with the original one, then compare the two to see what may be causing this to happen.

-Jack

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found the error…the initial file is a youtube video. It must have moved or something. I took that out and the music started playing on startup.

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I contacted the aurthor of the of one of the moviecips I use inside of the Canvas template about this problem first:

I need to have a dark background behind the form to highlight it from the background. It looks ok on the intial view but if the user goes back to the page it looks fuzzy… http://greatnortherncabinetry.com/canvas_source/#/dealercontact is the page

Author nliven replied I checked the URL but this problem does not seem to be related to OneForm. Its most probably related to way you are loading it back in inside that flash template. There is nothing in OneForm’s code which could possibly cause that. What I suggest is rather then keeping the OneForm movieclip loaded on the stage remove the instance each time and create a new one every time that page is opened. This would be a much simpler fix.

Is this a simple fix?

50andJACK Author

http://greatnortherncabinetry.com/canvas_source/oneForm.swf

Hi graphic,

That’s certainly bizarre. Try this with a normal external swf like the “external swf” example in the original download source and you’ll see that this behaviour can’t be reproduced. I’d also try loading the form into a bare-bones example the same behaviour would happen, because all the template does is load and unload external swfs, no special filters are ever applied to an external swf.

-Jack

Edit: after further review, it appears this is related to the external swf. You can load the external swf in the browser here:

And you’ll see the temporary “blur” that appears so this filter is being applied by the external swf. The external swf’s xml file also has errors (view in Firefox)

http://greatnortherncabinetry.com/canvas_source/form.xml

And when I tried to load the swf into a simple bare-bones fla I get these errors:

Warning: Filter will not render. The DisplayObject’s filtered dimensions (8388866, 8388871) are too large to be drawn.

So my suggestion would be to get rid of that blur filter inside the external swf as it’s obviously got problems.

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